Suspension device for paint brush



Nov. 22, 1955 2,724,570

S. P. RICHARDSON SUSPENSION DEVICE FOR PAINT BRUSH Filed Oct. 10, 1952 FIG.I.V l q] INVENTOR.

STANLEY P. RICHARDSON aha/14;

ATTOR N EYS United States Patent SUSPENSION DEVICE FOR PAINT BRUSH Stanley Richardson, Sarasota, Fla. Application October 10, 1952, Serial No. 314,117

2 Claims. (Cl. 248-113) The present invention relates to a device for suspending a paint brush or the like in a suitable vessel partially filled with a suitable liquid for the purpose of preventing drying of the paint in the bristles.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a device of the kind indicated which shall be simple and inexpensive.

Another object is a device, the operation of which will be obvious to the prospective user and will in no wise interfere with the subsequent use of the brush. i

In the industrial or household painting art, it frequently happens that a particular job must be interrupted for a time, to be resumed later and it also usually happens that such interruption is of insuflicient length of time towarrant thorough cleaning of the brush being used.

In such cases, it is not unusualfor the operator to stand the brush in a vessel partially filled with oil, turpentine, water or other liquid. This is bad practice. The brush should be suspended so that the bristles do not contact the bottom of the vessel, but such suspension is often troublesome and often not done.

Another object of the present invention therefore is to provide a device which may be used to accomplish such suspension with a minimum of bother and which will accommodate various sizesof brush and a plurality of brushes if desired.

Other objects will readily occur to those skilled in the art upon reference to the following description and the accompanying drawings in which i Fig. l is a view partly in section showing the use of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device.

Fig. 3 is a section of one end portion of the device as.

if on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring first to Fig. 2, the device is shownto comprise a bar generally rectangular in shape and in crosssection and made of wood, plastic or other suitable material. It is grooved as indicated at 11 at its ends and The side edges of the bar 10 are curved inwardly or recessed, as shown at 14, the depth of the recess being preferably substantially equal to one half the thickness of the handle of the largest brush that the device is intended to suspend.

in the grooves 11 is placed an elastic and flexible band 15 of rubber or other suitable material under substantial tension. The bar 10 should be or" such length as to extend across and lie upon the top edge of an average jar or can such as is usually found in households.

The use of the device is shown clearly in Fig. 1, which shows the handle 20 of a paint brush thrust between the band 15 and bar 10 in one of the bays 14.. It also shows the positionof the brush to be so adjusted that when the bar 10 is lying across the top of a jar 21, partially filled with liquid 22, the bristles 23 of the brush are in the liquid but out of contact with the bottom of the jar.

One or more brushes may be inserted in each side bay 14, if desired, and each properly and independently adjusted.

Now having described the invention and the preferred embodiment thereof, it is to be understood that said invention is not to be limited to the foregoing description, but only by the scope of the claims which follow:

I claim:

1. A suspension device for suspending paint brushes in a container of liquid out of contact with the bottom thereof, said device comprising a bar generally rectangular in both outline and cross section and grooved in its peripheral edge, said bar having cut away bay portions in its longer edges, and a flexible elastic band encircling said bar and lying in said groove.

2. A suspension device for suspending paint brushes in a container of liquid out of contact with the bottom there of, said device comprising a bar generally rectangular in both outline and cross section and grooved in its periph References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 308,942 Yewell Dec. 9, 1884 350,523 Bodley Oct. 12, 1886 960,215 Dean May 31, 1910 1,299,575 Holmes Apr. 8, 1919 2,389,756 Beech Nov. 1, 1945 2,468,631 Jauss Apr. 26, 1949 

